Excise, Police Dept burn citizens at both ends!

While the Police Department continues to fine owners of the vehicles without registration number or plates, the Excise Department’s laziness remains the main cause behind the delay in obtaining the documents, Pakistan Today has learnt.

According to details, the Police Department fined more than 4,000 motorcycles last week for not having the registration papers and number plates.

However, in the same week the Excise Department failed to deliver the papers and plates of thousands of vehicles because of which the citizens had to pay extra fines to the Police Department.

The CCPO had ordered an action against vehicles without proper registration numbers or plates, so much so that he even ordered that each police station should fine at least 60 to 70 vehicles daily. Because of these instructions, the traffic police wardens have been brutally fining the citizens without taking the Excise Department’s delay into account.

“Crime cannot be controlled just by fining people for not getting their number plates,” a source said, adding that the CCPO needed to take solid steps to place a check on crimes in the city.

The source further added that the Police Department was just trying to meet its budget targets and was not taking the people’s miseries into consideration.

“The government always finds ways to rob us of our money,” a citizen named Shahzad told Pakistan Today, adding that the police took money from him even though he had paid a lot of money to the Excise Department also for his vehicle’s papers. He further added that he had been waiting for ten days but was still to receive his papers from the Excise Department.

“We have made new arrangements with the Speedex Courier Service and hopefully our delivery will improve,” an Excise Department official said.